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nonresponder

nonresponder noun: a person who does not respond.

Noun

nonresponder (plural nonresponders)

  1. A person who does not respond.
    • The court sent "requests to show cause" to all questionnaire non-responders.
  2. A person who does not show an immune response to a virus after being vaccinated against it; someone who does not react normally to a drug.
    • A vaccine non-responder is a person who does not develop protective surface antibodies after completing two full series of injections.
    • We now know that about one in 10 people on the drugs are what scientists call “non-responders” who lose less than 5 percent of their body weight.2026 June 8, Dani Blum, “GLP-1 Drugs: 6 Things We’ve Learned About Their Effects”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of nonresponder

pluralnonresponders
alternative formnon-responder

Origin of nonresponder

From non- + responder.

Words formed from nonresponder

Questions about nonresponder

What does nonresponder mean?
Nonresponder means a person who does not respond.
What part of speech is nonresponder?
Nonresponder is a noun.
What is the plural of nonresponder?
The plural of nonresponder is nonresponders.

Words near nonresponder in the dictionary

  1. nonrespirable
  2. nonrespiratory
  3. nonrespiring
  4. nonrespondent
  5. nonrespondents
  6. nonresponder
  7. nonresponders
  8. nonresponding
  9. nonresponse
  10. nonresponses
  11. nonresponsibility

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